I wonder how experienced the instructor was. People come into my shop all the time wanting helis "because they're so easy" and don't believe me when I tell them how difficult they are to fly and how dangerous they can be.

This page seems to try to alarm readers with details such as "The impact of the crash killed Kyle almost immediately. He was partially decapitated." and "Some children were reportedly in the park when the accident happened and may have seen it." The AMA is mentioned:

What bothers me is that it happened in a "park". This might make it even harder for people to keep flying their "park flyers" in their local park. Heck they might kill someone with that slowstick! I don't think a heli is a thing to fly in a "park", not the kind of parks I take my daughter to anyhow. But then agin, I don't like heli's, so my view may (prob) is skewed.
"working toward a flight certification "
Within the last few weeks my club has lost our flying field. There is a field 14miles from my house & they require you to be certified by club members before you can fly by yourself. My neighbor was in "training" for 3 months, even while he hovered a 30% over the runway